New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-10
BLOODY WORK IN IRELAND.
TIE PEOPLE FIRED ON BY POLICE.
TWO MEN KILLED AND MANY WOUNDED AT
MITCHELSTOWN.

TWO MEN KILLED AMI MANI WOONOCO Al
MITCHELSTOWN.
axE RESULT OF WILLIAM O'BRIES's PROSECUTION
4 PEACEFUL MEETING IN A PUBLIC SQUARE
BROKEN UP-RoUTED CONsTABULARY FIRE
FROM THEIR BARRACKS ON THE CROWD
JOHN DnLoN's EXPERIENCES
WHAT LED TO THE
COLLISION.
IBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.1
Copyright: 1887; the New. York Tribune
urrcuELsTowN, Ireland, Sept. 9.-I bave been
Fitness to-day of as wanton and bloody outrage
..syer was perpetrsted on the Irish people, The
,rosecution of William o Brien was to have taken
,,.ce in tho Courthouse here to-day. I told
vm on Wednesday that Mr.. OBrien would disobey
/ ~ summons to attend. He would wait until he
/ v,s arrested. The part Of Hamlet was to be omit
,sd from the play. 9ut the people seized the occa-
non to hold q great public meeting in the town.
,obu Dillon attended and three English members
aParliament and some English ladies travelled
axn with us from Dublin. The English members
v,s Mr.. Labouchere, Mr.. Brunner, the newly
sected member from Northwich, and Thomas
Ellis, leader of the Welsh Liberal party, who is
Known as "The Parnell of Wales" They
had attended Mr. O'Bren's lecture in Dub
lin last night. At Cahlr, this morning, they
we're presented with an address of welcome by the
Mayor and Corporation of Clonme the capital city
Of Tipperary. We drove fIom Cahir to Mitchels-
town. the Corporation of Clonmel and delegations
from several surrounding districts accompanying
u.s. making procession of several carriages
just outside of Mitehelstown were met by
tremendous concourse of people who marched in
contiugents marshalled by priests and local
leaders on horseback. Large bodies of farmers
were mounted and formed at the head OF
the cortege quits cavalry. In this
fashion we entered the town and went
IN procession through its principal streets. wind
mn up In the vast market square where the meet
ne was to be held. The people cheered enthus,-
asicalIy the English members. and were in the
reatest good humor and delight when the speaking
was about to begin. The square Is on gentle
rising ground. On its highest side the brakes were
drawn up in line. The members of Parliament,
some cIergymen and other prominent men occupied
one large vehicle, which constituted the platform.
I stood on the high seat of this brake
and 5000 people spread before my eyes IN
compact mass. the mounted farmers FORM
ing fringe around their outer edge Down at the
lower end of the square. about fifty yards from the
horses, stood body of police We had heard with
some uneasiness of large DRIFTS OF police nav
+ mg been brought yesterday into the town and
it was stated that they had been refused lodgings
and had srent the night drinking in an untenanted
house. therefore thought 1t good omen to see
( the force withdrawn so far from the meeting
ROW THE TROUBLE BEGAN.
Presently the proceedings began. The Mayor OF
Cork proposed and the Mayor of Clonmel
seconded the motion that Dean MacCarthy should
take the chair. The Dean had just begun his OPEN
ius remarks when noticed the body OF police ad-
vance at a quick pace upon the meet
ing and press their way roughly IN.
II appeared subsequently that they had
Government reporter in their midst This move
meat caused great excitement amongst the people,
Several men faced round, turning their backs upon
the platform. Things looked threatening when
Mr. Dillon began to speak. His weii-known
figure restored the distracted attention Oh
the people, and after he had been
speaking few moments all was quiet again and
the meeting seemed fairly under way. 1t was just
then that the police made new movement They
crushed their way still further into the dense
crowd and began hammering the horses with their
batons The horses plunged and kicked and the
people faced about again. A man was struck with
= baton and be struck back with his stick. Some
body threw stone. In a second the police formed
and charged There was one moment OF
panic in the crowd. when it swung back
on the wagonette, but only moment Like
sfasb those Deaest the police rallied. and nfuriat
ed at this wanton aud un provoked attack. fell upon
them with their backthorns. There were lew
seconds of brisk fighting when the police turned
and fed in the widest confusion, rolling over each
= ether in their efforts to escape Several OF their
Aelnets tumbled off which the people seized ana
tore to shreds or kicked before them like footballs
They disappeared around the corner in o shower OF
aones
THREE vOLLEYs FROM THE POLICE
We on the wagonette turned our attention
10 getting the ladies into the priest
bouse. which was Ct the pacA "
eur lmprovised platform. While We were doing ~
ve heard a yolIey Of musketry from the street up
which the nolics had fed and in which their bar
lacks were situated. Then another; then another'
Mr. Dillon rushed down the square and up the
street toward the barracks. The police were hriha
oct of the windows Of the second story. one maD
fe. dead at the foot of the square and his ora,ns
spilled upon the pavement. Another, with ou''c.
through the roof of his skull lay In his blood against
& the wall Mr. Vaudeville, the solicitor, who was 10
Defend Mr. OBricn had the flesh torn from MS
femples Many others were wounded Mr. Di'ion
rushed INTO The barracks There lie found the COM
naader of the pollce raging like maniac and call.
ing on the men to come out and fire volleys up ana
down the street. an order which Mr.. Dillon holding
the officer 10 the hall by main force, prevented MN
from executing
FIRING from the windows continued few min
M. A bod of nolice ruahad from the 0f-